Introduction to Interoperability and Enterprise Architecture I

Co/Prerequisite

  • Introduction to Digital Health/Fundamentals of public health informatics (Vocabulary/terminology standards should be introduced in this course)
  • Governance for Interoperability


Interoperability and Enterprise Architecture II



Co/Prerequisite

  • Introduction to Interoperability and Enterprise Architecture I or related courses

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, students should be able to:

  • Apply enterprise architecture principles 

  • Understand data exchange standards and their types

  • Technical interoperability models/architectures/frameworks

  • Understand Enterprise Modeling for Interoperability

  • Design configurable interoperability platforms

  • Identify tools and methods for Enterprise Modelling

  • Describe the impact of Enterprise Modelling to address interoperability issues

  • Implement interoperability solution and OpenHIM

  • Discuss how to keep up with changing health guidelines,  global/national policies, financial arrangements, technologies, and standards

  • Work with software APIs

  • Work on real use case scenarios and implement interoperability solutions

  • Understand applications of EA in digital health systems

  • Explain shared services, interoperability services, and other components of enterprise architecture

  • Identify patient matching and identifiers

Indicative contents

  • Data exchange standards 

    1. What are standards?

    2. Data exchange standards

    3. Types of data exchange standards

    4. Common data exchange standards

  • Enterprise Modelling for Interoperability 

    1. Tools and methods for Enterprise Modelling

    2. Impact of Enterprise Modelling to address interoperability issues 

  • Technical Interoperability

    1. Technical Interoperability Models/Architectures/Frameworks

    2. Principles of configurable interoperability platforms - 

    3. Work with software APIs: DHIS2, OpenMRS, OpenSRP, OpenEMR, and other open-source platforms

    4. Implement an interoperability solution and OpenHIM

    5. Use case scenario between EMR & DHIS2, EMR & eCHIS, eAPTS & EMR

  • Emergent issues in interoperability

  1. Discuss how to keep-up with changing health guidelines,  global/national policies, financial arrangements, technologies, and standards
  • Enterprise Architecture in Digital Health Systems

    1. Shared services, interoperability services, and other components of enterprise architecture

    2. Patient matching and identifiers

    3. Applications of EA in digital health systems